| Aichi 7th District | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Constituency Link: | Aichi 7th district |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| Map Size: | 450px |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Aichi |
| Region Label: | Proportional District |
| Region: | Tōkai |
| Electorate: | 448,591 (2016) |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Members Label: | Representative |
| Members: | Junji Suzuki |
| Seats: | One |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Blank1 Name: | Municipalities |
| Blank1 Info: | Cities of Ōbu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Nagakute, Aichi District. |
Aichi 7th district (愛知県[第]7区, Aichi-ken-[dai-]nanaku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It covers the commuter and industrial towns northeast of Nagoya. The district consists of the cities of Ōbu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Nagakute and Aichi District. As of 2016, 448,591 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
The district is currently represented by Junji Suzuki from Liberal Democratic Party.
The commuter and industrial towns surrounding Nagoya have long been regarded as a bastion for anti-LDP forces and this district is no exception. The 7th district and its predecessors have continuously elected non-LDP members to the Diet. After the introduction of parallel voting and single-member districts in 1996, the district has only elected one LDP member, Junji Suzuki, who was elected in the LDP landslides of 2005, 2012, and 2021.[2]
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takashi Aoyama | bgcolor= | NFP | 1996 – 2000 | |||
| Kenji Kobayashi | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2000 – 2005 | Also lost in the PR block | ||
| Junji Suzuki | bgcolor= | LDP | 2005 – 2009 | Also lost in the PR block | ||
| Shiori Yamao | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Also lost in the PR block | ||
| Junji Suzuki | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012 – 2014 | Won in the PR block | ||
| Shiori Yamao | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2014 – 2016 | |||
| bgcolor= | DP | 2016 – 2017 | ||||
| bgcolor= | Ind | 2017 | ||||
| bgcolor= | CDP | 2017 – 2021 | ||||
| Junji Suzuki | bgcolor= | LDP | 2021 – | |||